Announcements are changes in the popularity and prices of items. They are displayed in a news ticker at the start of a new day in Recettear, and are accompanied by a chime. Further announcements may come in randomly throughout the day.

Usually, one of the news items will be a random side-note, such as alerting someone they forgot their change in the market. These are just for flavor, and can be ignored

News announcements can be checked at any time by talking to Tear in the shop and selecting 'News Summary'.

Note: Announcements "unlock" on Day 10, regardless of if the game is a New Game+.

Price UpEdit

When an announcement is made of an item being priced up, its worth is roughly doubled, and affected items are displayed in red. This can affect a category, like metal items, a type of item, like hats, or one specific item, like Focus Staves.

In cases where 'Metal Items' increase in price, this applies to the Battle Sweater but not to the Sailor Suit. It would apply to the Longsword, but not the Laundry Pole.

The duration of a Price Up is random, as is the duration of any other news announcement.

At this point, it is highly recommended to sell as many red items as possible during the duration of the announcement, especially if you already have them in stock. To ensure they're picked over other items, place them in your showcase.

Going to the Merchant's Guild or the Market to stock up on red items is still recommended. Though they will be priced a little higher, they can be sold for so much more and your profit will remain significantly higher than usual. Buying large amounts of items that are Priced Up is not a good idea, however, because if you cannot sell all of them before the Price Up ends, selling them at normal prices would severely lower profit margin.

When purchasing red items from customers, they will generally accept values as high as 75-93%.

Red items from Venders are always sold at their base price, and Recette can easily sell them for over 200% if they're on the floor. However if you have more red items than you could sell on the floor anyway, no harm is done by leaving them in vending machines.

If a customer requests a certain kind of item, and a qualifying item is red, it can be sold to them at the hiked rate, but be careful not to suggest an item that, at its increased price, is above the customer's budget, or they won't be able to afford it.

If an item belongs to two Priced Up categories, the effects do not stack. For example, if food is Priced Up and so are Sweets, that does not mean you can sell Candy for quadruple the price, just the normal Price Up amount.

Price DownEdit

When an announcement is made of an item being priced down, its worth is roughly halved, and affected items are displayed in blue. This functions exactly the same as Price Up, only in reverse.

This is an ideal time to stock up on these items, as they are sold from the Merchant's Guild and Market at a reduced rate. However, this is also a time when Recette should remove such items from display, as customer will expect to buy them at a heavily discounted price. Such items will usually sell for 80% or less.

In the case that a customer requests an item type that is priced down, it may be best to offer up the lowest price item to minimize your losses while maintaining your Just Combo bonus.

When purchasing blue items from customers, they will generally accept values as low as 25-33%.

Blue items placed in a Vender will still be sold at their base price, but customers are likely to avoid purchasing them, since the machine is trying to sell them for more than they're currently worth.

Items notated as priced down that also fall into a category that is currently priced up will show up as worth the normal amount. For instance, if metal items are priced up, but longswords are priced down, both effects are canceled out and longswords can be sold at the normal rate.

Boom Edit

Announcements may come in warning people of cold weather, talking about items popularly used for fortune-telling or perhaps plainly state that certain people are going crazy for a certain item. This is called a boom. Taking advantage of this news can generate a lot of experience and money very quickly.

Stock up on roughly a dozen items that qualify for the boom. For example, if cold weather is imminent, you can buy cold-weather items like scarves or Warm Hats. Fill your showcase only with these items, then open the store. This will cause a swarm of one particular customer to enter, all asking for the "boom" item (s).

During a boom session, you can get a much larger number of sales done in one time period than usual, but customers will only buy the "boom" item(s). Therefore, along with Just Combo, it's possible to gain an obscene amount of Merchant XP during a boom session, not to mention a lot of money.

Adventurers may come in during a boom if they fit the requirements. For example, during a sword boom for men, both Louie and Elan may come in looking for swords.

Booms do not affect item price one way or another, they merely attract many customers looking for that item. It's therefore strategic to try to wait out a boom until a qualifying item has its price hiked. Don't wait too long, though, or the boom might end without you capitalizing on it.

A boom can be taken advantage of once per day. As such, most booms may be activated twice, once on the day of the announcement and again the following morning. Note that only one boom may be activated per day; if a boom is activated in the morning, it ends, and another boom begins later, the second boom won't be able to be activated until the following day.

Events like customers looking for their orders to be filled and NPCs paying a visit will still occur during a boom session.

Because of the large number of customers during a boom, there may be a higher chance of selling vending machine goods.

If, during a boom for a specific item, the store runs out of stock on its shelves, the customers will ask Recette for the category of the item instead, and accept anything from that category. For example, in the case of non-Sword weapons, they will ask for "Weapon", and any weapon sold will qualify. This can be abused to sell higher-priced items to people looking for a low-priced item.

List of Boom Announcements Edit

^{Note: Unconfirmed entries in italics}

CrashEdit

Selling huge quantities of a single type of item over a short period of time may lead to a crash. This will be formally announced in the news. The item will be priced down, and will be marked out-of-stock at the Merchant's Guild or Market until the crash is announced to be over. Before the actual crash you may first see a price reduction in the item, usually with an announcement like "Prices of xxx are falling rapidly!". At this point, the item is still trading.

A crash is typically caused by stocking a vending machine with only one item. To avoid a crash, it's advisable you stock vending machines with a variety of items, even if they're of the same category.